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War's Limited Policy Effectiveness
- Military interventions often fail to achieve long-term policy goals despite short-term successes.
- War is a blunt tool that usually generates costly blowback and rarely serves lasting peace.
Spheres Create Security Dilemmas
- Spheres of influence create security dilemmas, motivating powers to aggressively oppose alliances near their borders.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis exemplifies how proximity of adversaries triggers intense conflict risks.
NATO Expansion Provoked Russia
- NATO's eastward expansion provoked Russian resentment and backlash, as big countries remember how they were treated when weak.
- Treating Russia as a fading power ignored the reality that it would recover and retaliate later.